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RAS Spring Meeting Series. Nominations Committee Report. Barcelona, April 23, 2005 Spring AdCom Meeting. Summary. Part 1: The AdCom members nomination process Part 2: The President-elect nomination process. RAS Spring Meeting Series. Part 1 The AdCom members nomination process. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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IEEE Robotics and Automation Society RAS Spring Meeting SeriesReport Barcelona, April 23, 2005
RAS Spring Meeting Series
Barcelona, April 23, 2005
Spring AdCom Meeting
Nominations Committee
Report
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society RAS Spring Meeting SeriesReport Barcelona, April 23, 2005
Part 1: The AdCom members nomination process Part 2: The President-elect nomination process
Summary
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society RAS Spring Meeting SeriesReport Barcelona, April 23, 2005
RAS Spring Meeting Series
Part 1The AdCom members nomination process
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society RAS Spring Meeting SeriesReport Barcelona, April 23, 2005
Paolo Dario, Chair (Junior Past President) Henrik Christensen John Hollerbach David Orin (AdCom Member) Shin’ichi Yuta
Nominations Committee
Composition (2004-5)
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society RAS Spring Meeting SeriesReport Barcelona, April 23, 2005
Part 1. Standing Rules on Nominations 1.1. General rulesBy May 31 each year a Call For Nominations shall be distributed to AdCom members, published on the Magazine and also posted at the RAS website.The Call has been prepared. delivered to Roz Snyder and it will be also disseminated to ALL RAS members through the RAS e-newsletter.Nominations shall be submitted to the Nomination Chair. Nominators (or self nominations) should indicate the position the nominee is seeking and the nominee’s agreement to serve if elected.Deadline for Nominations: August 15, 2005.The Nominations Committee members will also proactively solicit self-nominations of qualified RAS members to ensure geographical distribution and an adequate number of candidates/nominees
Nominations Committee
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society RAS Spring Meeting SeriesReport Barcelona, April 23, 2005
New AdCom members to be elected in 2005
“…(from the RAS Standing Rules) ..By May 31 each year, the Secretary, with the concurrence of the AdCom, shall define the number of AdCom members to be elected from each RAS Geographical Area with respect to the vacancies and to the residual composition of the incumbent AdCom…..”
AdCom vacancies for 2005 elections are SIX: TWO members to be elected at large TWO from Americas ONE from EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) ONE from Asia and Pacific
Nominations Committee
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society RAS Spring Meeting SeriesReport Barcelona, April 23, 2005
Proposed transition from previous to new AdCom composition (the assumption being that ALL current AdCom members can be considered as elected “at large”)
end 2004: elect 2 at-large, 1 from Americas, 1 from Europe, 2 from Asia new status: 14 at-large, 1 America, 1 Europe, 2 Asia
end 2005: elect 2 at-large, 2 from Americas, 1 Europe, 1 Asia new status: 10 at-large, 3 America, 2 Europe, 3 Asia
end 2006: elect 2 at-large, 1 America, 2 Europe, 1 Asia new status: 6 at-large, 4 America, 4 Europe, 4 Asia
Nominations Committee
(Excerpt from 2004 Fall AdCom Meeting minutes)
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society RAS Spring Meeting SeriesReport Barcelona, April 23, 2005
New AdCom members to be elected in 2005“….Three groups of candidates shall be nominated. Each group shall be composed of a slate of candidates from each of the three RAS Geographical AreasEach slate of candidates from each of the three RAS Geographical Areas shall be composed of at least two more nominees than the number of vacanciesAll RAS members will receive the same ballot displaying separately the three sub-groups candidates in alphabetical order. For each candidate the regional membership shall be also specified on the ballot aside the name….”
Nominations Committee
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society RAS Spring Meeting SeriesReport Barcelona, April 23, 2005
Including petitions, a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 18 nominees will appear on the ballot
Ballots to be sent to RAS members BY SEPTEMBER 15, 2005
Election results expected by the end of November/beginning of December
AdCom members Nominations process
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society RAS Spring Meeting SeriesReport Barcelona, April 23, 2005
RAS Fall Meeting Series
Part 2New President-elect nomination process
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society RAS Spring Meeting SeriesReport Barcelona, April 23, 2005
New President-elect to be elected at the 2005 Fall AdCom Meeting
Nominations Committee
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society RAS Spring Meeting SeriesReport Barcelona, April 23, 2005
Standing Rules on Nominations ……… Nominees will be considered by the Nominations
Committee in consultation with the Advisory Committee. A slate of candidates will be announced prior to the elections. At least two candidates for the President-Elect office shall be nominated. The Candidates issue written position statements which shall be distributed to AdCom members before voting…..
…..Nominations can be made from the floor, but it is discouraged. If last minute nominations are contemplated, nominators are advised to inform the Nominations Chair in advance….
….Each candidate will be allowed to make a short oral presentation before voting. In case the candidate is absent for some acceptable reason, such as illness, a colleague can make the presentation on his/her behalf….
Nominations Committee
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society RAS Spring Meeting SeriesReport Barcelona, April 23, 2005
Five immediate Past Presidents
Paolo Dario, Chair Steve Hsia Toshio Fukuda George Bekey T. J. Tarn
Advisory Committee
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society RAS Spring Meeting SeriesReport Barcelona, April 23, 2005
Nominations and self-nominations will be proactively solicited by the Nomination Committee
Deadline: September 15, 2005 The Nominations Committee will screen
the applications and will vote electronically
The 3 most voted candidates will be nominated, provided that they reached a majority (3 votes)
Candidates will be asked to prepare a written statement to be circulated in advance to voting AdCom members
President-elect nominations process